Parliamentary Budget Office Stories

With rising enrolment numbers, the government has been struggling to meet the full costs on time, leading to deficits in the national exams body.

The widening gap between revenue and spending means the fiscal deficit is expected to rise to 5.7 per cent of GDP in 2025-26.

Despite these obstacles, the PBO reported that 2,543 tax cases have been settled, generating Sh71.89 billion in revenue.

The PBO warned that the Treasury’s ambitious revenue goals may not be achievable through new taxes alone, especially given recent missed revenue targe...

Parliamentary Budget Office said numerous annual tax policy adjustments over the years have not resulted in higher revenue.

Currently, the only conditions for one to benefit from the programme are being an adult citizen, having a national identity card and KRA PIN, and depo...